This was a solid read. The explanation of how SDKs and bandwidth sharing apps work was especially useful. Also good to see someone call out the real costs behind running a proxy business. Definitely cleared up a few things.
At least dubious post. The author's company does not even sale "Residential proxies", saying it will be available soon. He is telling his prices are below competition withtout saying it is for a product no one wants and that the product everyone wants is not available and has no pricing.
Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to read the piece and sharing your thoughts.
You're absolutely right that Proxidize currently specializes in mobile proxies, not residential ones, and I never claimed otherwise. In fact, the article clearly explains that our network is built on direct, self-owned infrastructure using real mobile devices and SIMs, and that we do not resell residential bandwidth or rely on SDKs. Our pricing example is based specifically on mobile traffic, not residential proxies, and is presented as an illustration of real-world unit economics in this vertical.
While residential proxies are in high demand (and yes, we're working on offering them soon), mobile proxies serve a different segment of the market, one that values real mobile device IPs, and higher trust scores.
The goal of the article wasn't to market a specific product, but to shed light on how the proxy business works behind the scenes; the costs, the trade-offs, and the real margins. I’ve been very open about our pricing, limitations, and current offerings, and I stand by that transparency.
Happy to discuss further if you have other concerns.
I talk to web scrapers often as I'm active on our support center and also on our discord server. I'm surprised how often customers ask about a similar proxy provider like 911.re was. (Their service is now stopped as their peers were nodes of a zombie network)
This was a solid read. The explanation of how SDKs and bandwidth sharing apps work was especially useful. Also good to see someone call out the real costs behind running a proxy business. Definitely cleared up a few things.
At least dubious post. The author's company does not even sale "Residential proxies", saying it will be available soon. He is telling his prices are below competition withtout saying it is for a product no one wants and that the product everyone wants is not available and has no pricing.
Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to read the piece and sharing your thoughts.
You're absolutely right that Proxidize currently specializes in mobile proxies, not residential ones, and I never claimed otherwise. In fact, the article clearly explains that our network is built on direct, self-owned infrastructure using real mobile devices and SIMs, and that we do not resell residential bandwidth or rely on SDKs. Our pricing example is based specifically on mobile traffic, not residential proxies, and is presented as an illustration of real-world unit economics in this vertical.
While residential proxies are in high demand (and yes, we're working on offering them soon), mobile proxies serve a different segment of the market, one that values real mobile device IPs, and higher trust scores.
The goal of the article wasn't to market a specific product, but to shed light on how the proxy business works behind the scenes; the costs, the trade-offs, and the real margins. I’ve been very open about our pricing, limitations, and current offerings, and I stand by that transparency.
Happy to discuss further if you have other concerns.
I talk to web scrapers often as I'm active on our support center and also on our discord server. I'm surprised how often customers ask about a similar proxy provider like 911.re was. (Their service is now stopped as their peers were nodes of a zombie network)